THE RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 179, 27 July 1912, Page 10

THE RACING WORLD.

• , — l j (By WHAXEBOKB.> RACING FIXTURES. J " I Angust 12, 15, and 17—JCjr.e. Grand National Meeting. September 21*, 25, 28— Avondale J.C. Spring. , November 2*, 6, 9— Auckland Racing Club , Spring. i November 27. Takapnna J.C. Spring. ; December 26, 30, January 1, 2— A.R.C. ' Summer. ; January 10, 11—Whamgarei B.C. Annual. January —Bay of Plenty J.C. January 29, February 1, s*—Taliapuua J.C. ( Summer. February 6—Te Kniti R.C. Annual. : February 12, 13—Rotorua J.C. j February 21, —South Anckland R.C. i * Not yet passed. ANSWERS TO CORHE?srOXDE>.'TS. WAGER— A-ntarctic, 12.."!: Continuance. 12.0. (2) Conqueror won the CJ.C. , Welcome Stakes. i furlougs. In 1807, in . 40 1-SSCC LIFELONG READER.—Perceler has never raced in the Hon. J. D. Oimonds colours. He is owned by Mr. C. E. Twist. ; ! I ■ . — The Hon. J. D. Orinond has been elected president of. the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. Guncap's time for the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase was a record for the event. Word from the South states that Windage was very lame after competing at the Wellington Winter Meeting. ■Donations cost the Auckland Racing Club last year £776 2/5, but details of the amount do not appear in the balance-sheet. i The Auckland Racing Club- paid away In to gotemen last year the 6um of I £1,342 17/5. Thursday next, August 1. is the eojtine birthday, when all houses will have a year tacked on to their age. it cost the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club £1.10 last year for rheir subscription to the New Zealand Sports Protectlca League. The Egtnont Racing Club have decided to increase ihe salaries of both their secretary and ham'lcapper. The Auckland Racing Club distributed i C"S sfin in stakes last year- nominations I returning £5.747, just 20 per cent, of the ! amount giveu away. i Considerable Interest Is being taken in the South in the football match between teams representing ihe jockeys of the North Island and South Island. Mr R. H. Nolan, who was re-elected pre- ; *ld\>iil of t:ho Egmont Racing Club, has becu roanecte.l with that body la various I official positions for 30 years. I "Twllnjra." in th? •■Australasian." gives I the opinion that Guncap is nbour the small- ' e;n horse that lias won the V.R.c , . National 1 Steeplechase eince it was re-estabnsne-i In j 1881. . J i Tl.e actual amount paJd !'.v tbe Auckland j 1 Racing Club in Government tnx during the ! past season was: Ppring Meeting. £071 6/11: i Summer Meeting. «.570 Hi 2: Autumn Meeting. £1.783 4/*; Winter Merting. £2.187 IP 1 —a grand total nf £n,502 0.10. i Ir irnr.splrpa that the fi»ir Zealand horseman. J. V. McC.rcjror. dirt no, have I the mount nu Tlnapagee in the V.R.C. NaI tinnal Steeplechase. Tinapagre started one lof tbe hottest favourites on record for the rvent. i After the Crofton TlaTidicap on the con-j eluding day of the WV.liagtnu winter Meet- ■ inc. S. Hei.l Had to appear before the stew- ! ards in explain his har.dllnc. of Ceylon in • that event. The explanation tendered was 1 accepted as satisfactory. '; The Ascot Stud Farm is now fairly estab- j I lished. and includes some of the finest stud matron. In the Dominion. Last season the I only three yotinsstcrs bred at the farm, Prince Boult. Monorail and Monoline. won nine ont of th- 10 races decided in Auckland, their winnings totalling about £2.000. i Word from th* Sontn ytntrs that F.o)lin ! was included in the li=t of neceptanpes for ! the C..1.C. Grand National Hurdle Race in i error This leaves t!ic Auckland horseman. 1 A. Julian, fr<p to accept r.nntber engage- 1 1 lriPiit. ,iu(l lip informed mc on Wednesday I tbnt he would encage i" ride Bully. He I will also hove tbe moiiut on r'aritut'J in J the big steeplechase. ! The Auckland liorseman. R. Deeley. finished up the season with RS winning rides, nearly twice as many is the next on the last, A. Oliver, who bod 43. Of the other Auckland horsemen. C Brown and J. O'Shea were tbe most snecessfl. each having 21 successes. El.vsian. wlii-h is by the famous Soult j from Dreamland, proved himself a great well known to need repeating, and it will suffice to say that he won over all courses from half a mile to two miles and a quarter, beating all the cracks at. weight for nsre. Footer! in l'Hir,, Elysian bears n very ••lose resemblance to his wonderful sire. He lias filled out into a handsome specimen of flip thoroughbred, and as the marcs put to him last season have proved to be in foal he promises to worthily fill the place left : vacant by the death of Soult. Both horses are limited to 40 approved m.ires. so that early application is necessary. Discussing the 'prospects of R. .1. Mason's team in 'Sydney, a New ZeaJander who has watched the secret at work states that . they are all in a bad way and may not be able to slhow tihcir best form. It appears that ill-fortune hris dogged the team since • H-s arrival. .Mason himself 'has been laM up. off and on. the whole time, and tons , consei-|tii»nrty 'been unable to superintend ' mutters. Culross bus bad s-rranules, and : will probably be returned brrme. The Enpi Msh-bi-rtl colt Vulido lias been lame for a long time. !Mid Canute «as turned an absolute "rogue." positively re-fusing to work on the tracks. Potrenfi (has also been lame, and is never rhe same for two successive days. Tlie big Martian gelding Allegory. 1 which cost SOOjros as a yearling. Is a regu- . lar w-OTkcr. but his galloping is not of a , taking order. Vice-Admiral Is looking very robust., but has not done tnuii *"m the ' tracks. This suggest* that his trainer will ; not ask him to rm-p for some tiiup yet. . A rather serious situation appears to ' have arisen nt Epsom, where Wootton ' trains. In reference thereto the Special I Commissioner writes: 'Trainers who have . taken leasns for galloping rights over downs have suddenly found that tue "War Office has bought the property, and dug up porf tlous all over the place, thus rendering it » impossible to ke<»p on working their horses. The amazing audacity of this infraction of right is aggravated by a demand on the 1 part of the War Office for a trainer to . show his books, in order that, from a profit. and loss point of view, it may br obnwn ' how he had been damnified. The oiliest r is not a matter of finance at all. If I pay 1 for the rights to gallop over certain lands , and have a Ipjisp empowering mc to do so. I may want it purely for my own pleasure, • but so long as I pay my' rent die War Office cannot possibly claim that by having bought from my landlords they can proceed at once to oust mc by digging up my gallops. In the case to which I have referred they are converting the gallops ' Into an aviation ground." p Mr H. E. Mackenzie notifies breeders thai the services of bis horses, Penury and Elysian, trill be available at the Ascot Stud c Farm this season, the former at a fee ol i 20gs and the latter at tire ridiculously low v figure of 10gs. Penury, which was bred bj • Colonel W. Hall-Walker, is a beautifully--8 bred herse. being by Gallinnle. £r«m Dower 0 less the latter heing by Cucumber { ani was foaled in 1901. Penury ncvei raced, but when in training showed promiw of developing into a high-class horse- Or ' the dam's side Penury is descended froir i Queen Mary, the queen of the English Stnc o Book, and is a member of the No. 10 faroUj , which has recently provided St. Leger anc Derby winners in Bayardo and Lemberg. - His pedigree is particularly rich in sir« 5 numbers 3, 8, 11, 12 and 14, while his tain p remove has each vital strains as 2, 3, 5, 12 14 and 19. Trior to being imported Penno s stood for a season at Melton Mowteay 8 ' where he got a number of foals, the onlj a one to race being Vendor, which worn fom - times and was twice second ont of eighi = ; starts. His first crop of foals in New Zea r ' land are very promising, showing , great quality and. rare-bone and substance.

The Hsrwke's Bay Jockey dub had a successful season, the surplus -on the year's I syorking being £1221 18/— t ———— i TSs Merriwee gelding Cheddar., ■which, has I seen off the scene lor some time, has re- v loined. T. Quinlivan's team at Hastings. Mr. W. J. Douglas" representative in the D CJ.C- Winter Cup, Mangaroa, 4s held to : tilgli esteem in -tie South, and premises to a start one of tie firvountee. '£ The Freedom gelding , 'Bully -was due to arrive at Rlccarte-n this morning. Owing T to his trainer (F; McMenemin) t>cAag unable , ro spare the necessary time to make the " journey. Bully's preparation lor -the hurdles ' will be completed, by lie Southern trainer ; Murray Hobbs. ~ — ~~ ~~~ P Ventura, which proved herself to be one jt the beet two-year-olds in Australia last t year, which was brought back from Auk- 0 trail.* last year to be spelled, will shortly v be shipped Hack again to be prepared for t tier spring engagements. According .to a Napier paper, Bobrikou* pulled up lame after working at Napier Park recently, and it appeared at the time as if it was a serious breakdown. The trouble, however, was not of much consequence, for lie put up a satisfactory galiop a day or -two afterwards. Many people wondered, says a Wellington writer, why Cranium was puilod u;i " after going about five furlongs and ahalf it In the Trial Hurdles on the concluding day a at the Wellington Myelins. The facts ore a ttwt her rider (Futcher) lost both his irons iN a* the field left the barrier, and was un- it aWe to recover them. i' 1 T. Qnlnllran, jun.. has received instruc- ij"; tions from Mr K. J. Watt to get n team I* ready for flic invasion of Kondwick (N.S.W.i »' (says the Napier writer 'Th* Squire"!. The » battalion, who will leave for Sydney next " month, are Midnight Sun. Royal Scotch, I Jason, Theodore, and Kiidouau- Alu;- '' rompetiug at the A.J.C. spring gathering. ; J the bunch will be brought back M the j) Doniin-ion to fulfil engagements at tire New -> Zealand Cup meeting. T. Quinliv-an, jun.. t, will go in charge of the. party, who. with li good luck on their side, ought to give a good account of themselves. The baby of 1; i-be brigade, Jason, the two-year-old son ..f 1 Achilles and Stepina, has a great private : v reputation. He ought to be able tr> J"P t fast, for he Is got the way J-™™ raffle 1 His d.id was a cmasSer, and his d.iin s | royal bred, the head lino* of her pedigree , reading as follows ftepnlak nut or , fMorvin.i by Apreuimit—-Mrr. , *" 0 ?- "v , Kins of Clubs— Becky Sharp, the Uttei , mare- .being a full-sister ™ VrfTTvhakn' * and dam o-f that hali-ma-rked edition Wnai-i- , "ar*h wh.. wart-d racing and whmtng mI. a two-year-old, and -who when ho was .rleh- i. icon also gave Tbe judge a job to hoist his number in lie winutcg square. , li The taking away of one or the Canter- |, t>urv Jockey CJnb'n days, in order t.» £lv . < it rV. the Ran-gitikei Club, has. as »■»»«■ pected. raised * storm in Canterbury, Wiben ( the Racing Commission'? report was pre- i seated, it -will Be remembered, rne C..T.< . I came ont of it unseatned, the Southern rl-n-h 1 being the only Metropolitan y)mly tn ew-ip' , the pruning knife. In Auckland tvp were < someWhat Inclined to civ:! a; the whole- ■ oaJe reduction made. ik> Ip?s than six °'** & bolmr Taken nway from the three cluDs. AncklMirt, Tnrkaptina and Avnndale, but I think ibe adii<-o ms plven fr.»m iljp Ko-uth that the Oourmisslon had marie the best of a bad job. and it would be more ..ports- [■ manlike to accent their rinding. This ad- i vice ra'ipbt now lip tcnrlerpd to our Southern friends. The c.h.Tlrman .-.f -.lie Canterbury ; strong case in his appeil to the Minister Mr Internal Affairs on the subject, and his r.intenri.™ t&at the CJ.C. cater? for the whn]r r< the Dominion in a specinl m.Tnnpr. the attend*nres at it.« meetinss licinc drawn from a wider circle Phan eNcwhere. is only an argument njwitret thcnselves. A metropolitan ciiiih should be aMi- lo rim i m<-cr- . ing entirely without omside assiciancp. .md | it npp«iTs that Auckland, anil possibly I H.iwke's Bay. are the only two rae-m*p"!'; | ] tan bodies in the Dominion that could man-ago Ihis. As far as Auckland is «-oncerncd. besides ibe -MeLropoliun Club, both | i Avo-ndale a-nd Takapuna arc- practically kep' I I going by local owners and absolutely by 'local residents, so that it is evident, thai Auckla-mlers want raring. The C..1.0. hold | four meetings in the year, and Ihrep of j r.hrse are kept mint' by nut£i4e support: as i I the chairman admits, the ofhpr sratlierlnc. , the Summer Meeting, wbtcb at Tracts j>ra- - i rlcally no otif.";l<l-e support. Ijclh? a dismal ] failure. However, it would Iμ- iu-tiw If | the Canterbury .Trrckey ClnVv. instead of j rr.lsrng a lot. of unplcnsamness for the: Minister for Interna) Affairs, were to wait ' until they see thf fate of tJie bill prnpospi . 1n lv» brousrht before the .House shortly. | This may put matters all right α^aln— at i any rare. Jet us hoj.r so. | Contrary to expectation, no time is !>> be lost In making thi- appnintmr-nts to the positions of stipendiary strv.nlj=. applications for which clos-e on October SO, find they should be acting by Christmas tltre. The conditions set down for the guidance. as was only to be expected, arc very stringent, nnd a real goo.l class of steward should be available. Of course, there will be hundreds of applications from all sorts who think they have the necessary qualifications. and it really is surprising the number who imagine they can detect nil sorts of crooked bnslness in connection with the turf, However, to get the proper clhss of man for tup position, lit will be necessary to pick ont those who are above reproach, besides having the 'necessary qnnliticntloiis. The conditions laid down are:— 1. The powers of the stipendiary stewards RhaJl be confined to investigating any matters which in their opinion require investigation, and to reporting thereon to the Stipendiary Stewards Committee, or to the stewards or committee of any rare meetiuK and recommending what penalty, if any. should be imposed either by way of disqualification or other-vise I 2 The stipendiary stewards shall be ex'offlrio stewards of every race meeting offlciallv attended by them, but snail not exercise anj of tbe powers of a steward otter than those hereby expressly conferred upon them. P. Stipendiary stewards shall be entitled to rail and examine f-nd to give evidence, but shall not be entitled to vote upon any investigation. .1 if the stipendiary steward shall assign reason wbSdi satisfy the Stipendiary Committee that a decision.arrived attai nnsatisfactory, the Stipendiary Committee •direct that the said decision shall be referred to the body which, under tbe ItaSTof BacJng. would deal with an appeal from such decision. -, The stipendiary stewards shall devote (heir time to the conduct of their dntles £ may be directed by the Stipendiary Committee. 0 If a stipendiary steward la not present at any race meeting at which he i* require.! to attend half-an-hour prior to the starting of the first race, he stall forfeit from his salary such sum as tbe Stipendiary Committee may direct. 7 Each stipendiary steward shall, In addition to the report set out in the rules furnish to the chairman of tb» Stipendiary Committee such report as may be directed by the Stipendiary Committee. 8. No stipendiary steward shall:— (a) Engage directly or indirectly in any business connected with the sale lease, breeding, or management of racehorses <»r blood stock. I (b) Directly or indirectly be interested in the ownership of any racehorse. '■ (t:i Bet on any event to be determined at. any race meeting. . I ii. If any question arise which is not I provided for by these instructions, It shall bo determined by the Stipendiary Com- ; mittee. 1 WAIRARAPA NOTES. (From Our Special Correspondent. I 1 Mr C. F. ValLincc. president of the Mas- - terten Karrog Club, and a weH-kimwn ' sportsman, has taken over two horses bred ■by Mr .7. Macara {■α-hn in bygone days • owned a number of prominent unrsesi for • the purpose of seeing whether they possess . any racing qualifications. Both are ge;d- ---" >ng3 and fine upstanding animals, one being •by Workman Princess Agnes and the i other by Ma-user — Warnore. i The receipts of tbe M-asterton Racing I Club for the financial year just closed ' totalled £5.853 6/2, of which £2,231 -was deI rived from the totalisator, £734 from notni- . nations and acceptances, and £180 from » members' subscriptions. The expenditure 1 was £6J34 6/4. the chief Items being new , foolßßnes £2.217. totaJteator tax £582 17/6, I and Stalin The aeaete are valned a± £7,399 W>/, and the liabilities amount to • £3,971 0/2, leaving a baianee of assets over ■ liabllltiee of £3,428 9/10. Tie debit balance t of the drib at June 30 last was £281 0/3. Mx C. F. Vallanee las purchased from t Mr T. Kay, of Qareriile, the Merrie EngJand—Sal -Kal eelding -Meitte Lani

After first forfeits, Mr W. E. BidwHTs >eviatk>n (Elevation— Wailette) and AiU- | ■ ide (Elevation—Toe Weir) remain in the tastings Stakes, to be run at the Hawke's lay 'Spring Meeting. These are the only Fairarapa horses engaged in that event. It is not uulikely that Khamsin, which •as injured on the second day of the Otaii leetiing, will sport silk again, as her in;ry is of a more serious nature than was t first anticipated. IChamsra, it will be ;member«l, won the Katr&awa. Cup on the rst day of the Otaki meeting. ■ Vr Whitney has decided to have his , orses trained' privately at Wuikanae. Pre- ! iously they -were in C. Pritchard's stable. . Iγ Whitney considers that by the new : rrangeinent lie will be able to give more , ersonal supervision to the horses than ; >rmerly. . | The Masterton horse Kopane ran un- ! laced in the Hurdles at Rosehill (Sydney) loeting last Saturday, the winner being lie es-Wa!raxapa horse Pakau. Another x-Wairarapa horse, Merrie Zealand ( failed ) gain a. pl«ce in the Carliugford Mile at lie fame meeting. TL-BF TALK FROM THE SOUTH. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) C'IiRISTCIII'RCH, Friday. The weather shows uo sign of clearing •t. It has been raining steadily all this epk, and to-day it has poured down iriier than ever. As a cunseciucuce, traiu.g operations at Hiccarton are almost at standstill. We are now little more than fortnight on the opening ot the braud utioiial Meeting, iiud unucr ordinary mditions could look for a big crowd of urbes at Kicinrtou, with plenty of iuteritlug news; but. as may be expected, there practically nothing doing at present. nless the weather taken up soon, tne pros-L-«:ts will not be bright, especially for ,rsea that are at all backward in condiull, The followlnß burses arrived from WeiugKJii to-duy:—Bully. J..bu. Silver Cluse, L- Hi#ti Couiiuuum-e, I'aisano, Uranium, 'aketum'u, fealiio, halite, 1-liugot, iilarii ortiiern. NgatiUijirii, a.nd Bo'jrra«.iue. 'ihe • outhlaiid horses 'lo Tua and i lie Uutiuer aye also arrived at liieiartou. The trotting horses Uiiiou Bell. »Alice Wood, lielle Dillon. and Princess 'racy were shipped to-day to Melbourne, . liere tiicir nnuei , , Mr. wards, has delved to reside, Lining accepted a traiuCig t-ng^geuieut. The Bay View stud at Invercargill sus-1 alced a severe loss un Sunday last, when , be mare Stratagem. by .Nelson—Dudu | vt-ut mc »ay of all horse flesh. Late in , he afternoon" sue was ohserved in her wedheltered paddock, lwklug fresh uu.l veil, ~,t within a short time was discovered in riving comllliou. and quickly passe.l ;»•„; |l». r loss is n hf-avy one to Her i ■v'i.'ts Messrs. E. Itusscl) ami I. Delaney. Clio were in high hopes lUat she would ,rove a s»r,-essfi:l stud marc. Strougem | vas in foal to (ilt-iKullocli, and was :)'■ onipanied by a colt foal by the same sire, rhe daughter of Nel.-,on was originally iwuetl b.v Sir <!eo. Clifford, and tr.iluen t liiccartmi. f=h.- won a number ot races or Sir George, aud also played a prominent ,art in several long-dlstan<>- baudlcaps. ler principal wine were soured in the •.J.C. Midsummer nanili'-ap. ttie < .J.( . ;<>ckburD Handicap, the Uamaru » "p. and he I'uuediu .1.' , . Birthday Uau'ln-ap. • .Vittiln a short period the liny View Htm! ia.s lost two mare*, both '.I which bine ,ft rolt«. their first pro<iuce. bchiiul a l a -Lady lional.l. a colt by Canrobert and .rratagpni. a younger t' , l,le,K " lio,h -, onc The Canterbury J.C. bas sent a long .otter t<> the Covrrnmi'Ut. prnlesttnt: inttlimt the forfeiture of one of Its racing iJys to Rauclukci Itarfiig «'lub.